This is an analysis of the poem This Introduces Suspicion that begins with:

Why is it,
People minding their own business......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cda caXabdede ebdffbXbeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,9,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 10101110 1010101 111010110 11001001 010010101 010110 1010101101 111111 001001 1010011110 1110101 1001 10110 01011010 101010010 1110010 10010 0001010 110101 1001011011 1010001001110 1100110010 011011 101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of This Introduces Suspicion;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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